The British Society for Immunology are delighted to present our new five-year strategy! There has never been a more exciting time to be an immunologist, but there has also never been a more complex ecosystem for immunology to navigate.
Our strategic plan for 2026–2030 sets our direction and priorities for the next five years and has been developed with input from BSI Trustees, consultation with the Secretaries and committee members, and feedback from our 2025 membership survey.
The strategy reinforces the BSI's commitment to supporting immunologists across all sectors and career stages. This is underpinned by a clear vision of better health for all through immunology and a mission that emphasises the importance of powering discovery and supporting the community to improve health outcomes.
Our four key themes
The strategy sets out four central themes that will shape the Society’s work over the next five years. Detailing how we execute the activities across each theme, the plan positions the BSI to champion excellence and deliver meaningful benefits for human and animal health.
- Strengthening the community: Build deeper connections with immunologists and those working in allied fields by continually adapting its programmes and activities. A key ambition is to ensure that all individuals working within immunology feel included and represented within the Society’s network
- Maximising impact: Broaden opportunities for knowledge exchange, strengthen national research and clinical networks and further develop the BSI Clinical Immunology Professional Network as a leading forum for improving patient care
- Enhancing careers: Ensure that a career in immunology remains attractive, supported and rewarding. The BSI will continue to provide authoritative leadership on workforce challenges, deliver high quality training and education, and adapt its careers offer to meet the needs of members across academia, industry and clinical practice
- Catalysing change: Engage with external audiences so that immunological research delivers real world benefits. Five priority areas will shape this work: vaccines, immune therapies, immune ageing across the lifespan, research funding and routes to treatment
Supporting these ambitions are a set of organisational facilitators that will strengthen internal operations. These include plans to secure long term financial stability, advance diversity and inclusion and reduce environmental impact.
It's hugely exciting to launch the BSI's new five-year strategy at BSI Congress 2025. This strategy allows us to build on the BSI’s previous achievements, enabling us to continue evolving and successfully face future challenges. It is also our promise to the BSI members, that we will live by our values and deliver it with integrity, drive and innovation.
Graham Blair, Chief Executive for the BSI
If you have any feedback on our new five-year strategy, please email membership@immunology.org.